“Negotiating Statehood: Dynamics of Power and Domination in Africa” provides a conceptual framework for analysing dynamic processes of state-making in Africa. • Features a conceptual framework which provides a method for analysing the everyday making, contestation, and negotiation of statehood in contemporary Africa • Conceptualizes who negotiates statehood (the actors, resources and repertoires), where these negotiation processes take place, and what these processes are all about • Includes a collections of essays that provides empirical and analytical insights into these processes in eight different country studies in Africa • Critically reflects on the negotiability of statehood in Africa